Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the one who doesn't follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join in with scoffers.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

2 But his delight is in the law of YHWH, and on his law he meditates day and night.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered.

4 Not so with the wicked; instead, they are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgement, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

6 For YHWH knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.